# layout.empty

What a region shows when it has nothing yet: an icon, a heading, a sentence and the first action

Component: [`<Layout>`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/components/layout.md) · Renders: `<div>` · Profile: [UI](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md) · Comes from: starter

## Example

```tsx
<Layout intent="layout.empty">
  <Package />
  <Text intent="heading.item">No invoices yet</Text>
  <Text intent="text.caption">Invoices appear here once you bill a customer.</Text>
  <Action intent="action.start" verb="create" href="/invoices/new">Create invoice</Action>
</Layout>
```

## Choosing between neighbours

Find the row that describes your element, and use the intent on the right.

| If it is for… | Use |
|---|---|
| What a region shows when it has nothing yet: an icon, a heading, a sentence and the first action | `layout.empty` (this page) |
| Standing in for content that is still loading | [`layout.loading`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/layout/loading.md) |

## Connections

Declared in the registry, both directions. Where an intent is used in your own code is something check and the gallery see; this site has no app code.

- Built from: [`arrange.stack`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#arrange-stack)

## For registry authors

**Starter intents.** These are the intents `prongs add` puts in your registry, shown in this site’s theme. Yours are your own `registry.ts`: rename, restyle and add to them, and see them with `prongs add gallery`.

What this intent is built from and its entry in `components/prongs/registry.ts`. You only need this to change how it looks or to add an intent like it.

How layout.empty resolves, and its definition

Each layer adds to the one before it; a later class wins over an earlier one that sets the same thing.

- [`arrange.stack`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#arrange-stack) — Children in a column, free to shrink inside a row or grid

  ```
  flex min-w-0 flex-col
  ```

- `layout.empty` (this page) — What a region shows when it has nothing yet: an icon, a heading, a sentence and the first action

  ```
  items-center gap-3 py-12 text-center
  ```

Final classes

```
flex min-w-0 flex-col items-center gap-3 py-12 text-center
```

Definition

```ts
'layout.empty': {
  kind: 'semantic',
  description: 'What a region shows when it has nothing yet: an icon, a heading, a sentence and the first action',
  refs: ['arrange.stack'],
  binding: { classes: 'items-center gap-3 py-12 text-center' },
  notFor: [
    {
      context: 'standing in for content that is still loading',
      instead: 'layout.loading',
    },
  ],
},
```